新東方：英語四級考試閱讀30天學習筆記

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether as many smokers say, smoking helps them to "think and concentrate." Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived (被剝奪) of cigarettes through a series of tests.

　　注：1.concentrate 集中注意力 2.第一段交待實驗對象，實驗目的

　　In the first test, each subject (試驗對象) sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple tests smokers, deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.

　　注：第一句實驗過程即細節(jié)，應該速讀，第二句實驗結果

　　The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine (尼古丁), active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.

　　注：1.第一句實驗細節(jié) 2.stimulation 刺激

　　In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.

　　注：committe=do (壞事) commite a crime

　　The fourth test required people to read a passage,

　　注：定位第二段，應選擇“充分發(fā)展”

　　Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual (智力)ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.

　　39. Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph?

　　A) Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.

　　B) Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.

　　C) Group work provides pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.

　　D) Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.

　　注：看第三段列舉：A對應 co-operate，B對應 think,analyze and evaluate，C對應 leadership skill，D選項是竄段選項

　　In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with (對付) personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.

　　40. The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ________

　　A) argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class

　　B) recommend pair work and group work for classroom activities

　　C) offer advice on the proper use of the library

　　D) emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching

　　注：寫作目的題型

　　寫作目的=寫作動機(動詞或動詞詞組+目標讀者)+文章主題

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　　The author's purpose writing this passage is to tell ____.

　　(A) readers how to be popular in with around

　　(B) teen-agers how to learn to decide things for themselves

　　(C) parents how to control and guide their children

　　(D) people how to understand and respect each other